WATSON, G.R. "Glenn Martin to Test-Fly "Pusher" Curtis Single Engine." Ca 1920-1929 (printed 1972)
13 x 18 in., gelatin silver print. Matted and framed, overall 20 3/4 x 26 x 1 3 in. (unexamined out of frame).
SIGNED BY GEORGE R. WATSON. Glenn Luther Martin (1886-1955) was an American aviation pioneer. On May 10, 1912, Martin flew a self-built seaplane from Newport Bay, California to Catalina Island, breaking the over the water record created by Louis Bleriot when he flew across the English Channel three years earlier. In 1917 he founded the Glenn Martin Company which through a series of mergers would eventually become Lockheed Martin.
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